traditional Maasai lion hunt. But his plans face peril when a police radio report reveals that an unknown member of the safari is a Mau Mau plant. In addition, the obsessive Sir Vincent is determined to get sole credit for killing Hatari and therefore unloads Duffield's rifle, while Linda decides to take an excursion down a crocodile-infested river in a rubber dinghy. Another police radio report warns that 200 Mau Mau prisoners have escaped and are headed towards Duffield's safari to link up with Jeroge. Sir Vincent is so obsessed with killing the lion that he fires at Duffield. In the midst of this situation, Hatari the lion appears on a ledge above Sir Vincent and pounces. Although the lion is killed it has fatally wounded Sir Vincent. In a final scene, the group and local police, have to each take arms to defend themselves against an onslaught from Mau Mau attackers, and Duffield's sten gun is put to use. Main cast Victor Mature as Ken Duffield Janet Leigh as Linda Latham John Justin as Brian Sinden Roland Culver as Sir Vincent Brampton Liam Redmond as Roy Shaw Earl Cameron as Jeroge (Njoroge) Orlando Martins as Jerusalem Juma as Odongo Lionel Ngakane as Kakora Harry Quashie as O'Keefe Slim Harris as Renegade Cy Grant as Chief Massai John Wynn as Charley Arthur Lovegrove as Blake Estelle Brody as Aunty May Production Development Rhonda Fleming was originally announced for the female lead and the producers were hoping to get Humphrey Bogart to star. Location filming in Kenya began in June 1955 before the film had been cast. Victor Mature had signed a two-picture contract with Warwick Films and he was assigned to the lead. He was meant to make Zarak but ended up making Safari first. Shooting Filming began 1 August 1955 in Elstree Studios in London. Five weeks later the unit transferred to Kenya for location shooting. The film was shot on location in Kenya simultaneously with John Gilling's Odongo with the Zanzibar-born child actor Juma repeating his role as Odongo. In an interview in 1997, Janet Leigh recalled that the film's second unit was actually attacked by the Mau Mau. Reception The film premiered on 6 April 1956 at the Empire Cinema in London, and the reviewer for The Times was not very favourable, in a review titled "'Safari': An American film about the Mau Mau": "Surely it is